Schools And Air Cadets

A Memory of Grays.

I remember Grays as if it was yesterday. After the war, going to the Open Air School up by the Oaks public house, then attending Quarry Hill School with Miss Hill and Mr Gray before the 11 plus. Passing the exam and going to the Tech which was at the end of Thurloe Walk where I lived. Joining 106 Squadron ATC for parades every Sunday morning with my best friend Bernard Watson; who I am unable to track down since migrating to Australia in 1965. Going bird watching with John Tickle on Lord Tollemaches estate at Stifford and spending many happy days fishing in the Mardyke, just below the bridge, where there was an old blacksmith still shoeing horses, and a badgers set nearby. I would love to hear from any of the old timers still around.